Dysphagia Diets: IDDSI Replaces NDD

You may hear doctors and health care professionals use terms like: “Soft,” “Mechanical Soft,” “Chopped,” “Ground,” “Blended smooth,” etc, but what does it mean? Ambiguous terms without standardized definitions lead to dangerous trays being given to patients. For example, many doctors think that “soft” means fully pureed! Read more about why standardization of diet labels and definitions matters.

This is a wonderful collaborative framework! We can better objectify our honey, nectar and pudding consistencies into a 1-4! It was fun to download the descriptors and follow the drips, mashes and bite sizes criteria. This gives an objective consistency change for those kids with small increments of change.